Rady Children's Hospital – San Diego

The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Rady Children’s Hospital – San Diego on May 3, 2018. The breach occurred on March 29, 2018, when a CD containing sensitive patient information was mistakenly sent to a contracted entity. Approximately one patient was affected, with information compromised including full name, medical record number, date of birth, and other health-related details.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-135853

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/radychildrens

"id": "rad544072525",
"linkid": "radychildrens",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "3/2018",
"severity": "25",
"impact": "1",
"explanation": "Attack without any consequences"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 1,
                        'industry': 'Healthcare',
                        'location': 'San Diego, California',
                        'name': 'Rady Children’s Hospital – San Diego',
                        'type': 'Healthcare'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Physical Media',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 1,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Full name',
                                              'Medical record number',
                                              'Date of birth',
                                              'Other health-related details']},
 'date_detected': '2018-03-29',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2018-05-03',
 'description': 'A data breach occurred when a CD containing sensitive patient '
                'information was mistakenly sent to a contracted entity.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Full name',
                                 'Medical record number',
                                 'Date of birth',
                                 'Other health-related details']},
 'post_incident_analysis': {'root_causes': 'Human Error'},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2018-05-03',
                 'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Data Breach at Rady Children’s Hospital – San Diego',
 'type': 'Data Breach',
 'vulnerability_exploited': 'Human Error'}